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An AI consultancy that builds around the business — not the demo.

Lumitec AI is an AI consultancy that helps businesses get real value from AI. We diagnose where AI is worth the investment, build production systems around your data and workflows, and operate them once they are live. Built safely, scaled properly, run by people you can call.

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Since 1998Our founders' time in IT, infrastructure and business systems
One teamDiagnose, build and operate all in-house. No handovers
FreeAI Readiness Diagnostic. You keep the plan either way
UK · US · EU · AURemote-first, with UK data residency when you need it
A glowing glass pathway rising from a retro computer through a server and the cloud to the Lumitec diamond

Why Lumitec AI exists

The hard part of AI is not finding a model. It is knowing what is worth building, keeping data safe, integrating with the systems a business already runs on, and making sure the result still works when the tools, models and requirements change. That gap — between an impressive demo and a system a business can actually depend on — is where most AI projects fail, and it is the gap Lumitec AI exists to close.

We started Lumitec AI because we kept seeing the same pattern: businesses sold AI strategy by one firm and then left to ship it with another, pilots that dazzled and never reached production, and "black-box" systems nobody inside the business could understand or trust. We thought a consultancy that did the whole job — honestly, and in-house — was worth building.

How we work

We do three things, and we do all three in-house — so you do not get one consultancy that sells you the strategy and a different one that fails to ship it.

01

Diagnose

A free, no-obligation AI Readiness Diagnostic that maps where AI is genuinely worth it — and where it is not.

02

Build

A senior, hands-on team shipping production AI on a two-week cadence, on your stack.

03

Operate

Managed AI operations — monitoring, evals and model updates — for businesses that don't want to staff it internally.

04

Rescue

When a build has stalled, an honest project rescue review: what's salvageable, and what to do next.

What we believe

  • Built around the business. AI succeeds when it is designed around real workflows, real data and real commercial goals — not around a model or a demo.
  • Multi-model, no lock-in. We pick the right model and architecture for the workload, and design systems that can move between models as cost, quality and capability change.
  • Built for production. Monitoring, testing, permissions, reliability and support are designed in from the start. The aim is a system you can depend on, not a clever prototype.
  • Honest about AI. Sometimes the right answer is "not yet," or "not this." We would rather tell you that than sell you a project that will not pay off.

What we don't do

  • We don't sell strategy we can't deliver — diagnose, build and operate are all in-house.
  • We don't do bait-and-switch staffing — the senior people who scope your project are the people who build and support it.
  • We don't ship black-box AI — you understand, own and can maintain what we build.
  • We don't lock you to a single model or vendor.
  • We don't recommend AI when it isn't the answer.

The team

Lumitec AI is led by its two founders, who between them bring decades of experience across IT, infrastructure, ERP, managed services and applied AI. No layered consultancy, no "principal architect" bait-and-switch — the senior people who scope your project are the same people who design, build and support it.

Andrew Lee

Andrew Lee

Co-Founder

In IT since 1998; founded and exited a UK Managed Service Provider in 2021. Focuses on turning complex AI requirements into production-ready platforms.

 Andrew Walters

Andrew Walters

Co-Founder

Decades across ERP, consultancy and large-scale business systems. Focuses on robust architecture and scalable, practical platforms.

Let's talk about the system your business actually needs.

Tell us what you are trying to improve, automate, rescue or scale. We will spend 30 minutes with you, ask practical questions, and tell you honestly where AI can help — and where it cannot.

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Where we work

Lumitec AI is UK-based, registered near York, and works remote-first. We support clients across the UK, Europe, Australia and the United States, from focused internal platforms to multi-site and international deployments. UK data-residency is available where it is needed.

Lumitec AI Ltd is a company incorporated in England and Wales, registered number 16173119. Registered office: Cedar Lodge, York Road, Shiptonthorpe, York, YO43 3PH, United Kingdom. ICO registered. Contact us via the contact page or on +44 1904 916700.

Let's talk about what your business actually needs.

Tell us what you are trying to improve, automate, rescue or scale. We will spend 30 minutes with you and tell you honestly where AI can help — and where it cannot.

Book a free 30-min call →